Squeeze connector



G. L.- HATHEWAY.

SQUEEZE CONNECTOR. APPLICATION man 0e13, 1921.

1 25,382. Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

a relatively small conductor may be firmly NITED ATE.

GEORGE L. HATHEWAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN'OR TO THE RATTAN' MFG. 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

' sounnzn CONNECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 3, 1921. Serial No. 505,151.

T 0 all. whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon L. HATHEWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Squeeze Connectors; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-.

Fig. l a plan view of a squeeze connector, provided with a reducing device constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 a sectional view. of the same.

Fig. 3 an enlarged perspective view of the reducing device, detached.

This mvention relates to an improvement in squeeze connectors such as are commonly employed in 'connectin electric conductors with outlet boxes. ese connectors are niade in standard sizes to fit standard boxes, but conductors vary in size, so that frequently a connector is too large for the conductor and another connector must be substituted. The object of this invention is to rovide a reducing'device adapted to be used etween the connector and conductor so that held by a larger connector and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a reducing device 5, formed from a strip of metal, one end 6 of which is longitudinally bowed, corresponding to the o ening through the connector 7 with which it is to be used. The other end 8 is doubled upon nector has the usual threaded sleeve 11, on-

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which is a nut 12 by which the connector is mounted in an outlet box 13. This reducing device is inserted between the conductor 14 and the connector so that, when the screw 10 is turned inward, the conductor will be firmly gripped.

It is obvious, without further illustration that the reducing device' might be formed from two pieces of metal secured together in any desired manner, such, for instance, as by spot welding. It is also obvious that the end 6, instead of being arranged at substantially a right angle to the end 8, might continue in a -curve, so as to line one side of the connector, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1.

I claim:

1. A reducing device for squeeze connectors consisting of a longitudinally bowed portion, and a straight portion at an angle to the bowed portion and formed with a clearance slot.

2. The combination with a squeeze connector of a reducing device consisting of a strip of metal having oneend longitudinally bowed and the other end doubled back and turned outward, said outward extension formed with a clearance slot.

In testimony whereof, I havesigned this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE L. I-IATHEWAY. Witnesses:

P. SIMON,

M. A. THoMs. 

